Opting Outside: A Buffalo River Christmas Part I
Maybe you’ve heard of #OptOutside. It’s a brilliant campaign REI launched five years ago wherein they close all their stores, including the one online, and pay their people to enjoy the outdoors instead of succumbing to the craven insanity that is Black...
Pop-Up Pit Fire Pan
First things first, fellow adventurers. This is a gear post. This is not, however, a paid gear post. We love our Pop-Up Pit fire pan and I’m going to tell you why, but I want you to know we paid full price for it, and we’re not receiving anything from...
Ring of Fire
This is one of my favorite scenes – not this one specifically, but more generally speaking a crackling campfire on a riverbank. I’m hard pressed to think of a more enduring totem of outdoor adventure and all it means to us, and to be sure I’ve spent...
Tales Of the Tick
It could be any night, but this time it’s Sunday night. I wake with a start, wondering why, but not for long. Then it begins; first the gnawing in the pit of the stomach followed by the shortness of breath, then the waiting. The waiting is bad – very bad –...The Crew
Welcome from the Arkansas Adventure Guide crew! We’d love to tell you a little about ourselves.
Deuce
Luke “Deuce” Coop is a lover of adventure and the written word. He’s paddled, rowed, camped, fished and hiked across the map but his favorite outdoor adventure playground is his own back yard. Whether he’s float camping the Buffalo, paddling the Mulberry, Little Missouri or Big Piney or hiking the Ouachita or Buffalo River trails he’s right at home adventuring in Arkansas, and thanks to Arkansas Adventure Guide he can take you along. He looks forward to seeing you out there!
Bec
Bec Dwyer-Coop can be found around The Natural State float camping, stand-up paddle boarding or gazing up from a gravel bar at night at the holes in the blanket. She adds a fresh and unhurried perspective to Arkansas adventure and to The Guide and is an indispensable part of the crew. She’s also Izzy the Adventure Dog’s mom.
Izzy the Adventure Dog
Izzy’s job is to provide snuggles, lessons and laughs. In all three endeavors she exceeds expectations while also enriching every adventure the crew undertakes. If you’re not familiar with her origin story CLICK HERE to give it a read, then join her (and the rest of the crew) for more adventure!